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About US

Future Institute is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary applied-research based platform, that seeks to undertake and enable initiatives towards informing how India shapes. its urban future when it celebrates is 100 years of independence in 2047.

The Institute has been established with the objective of mentoring and incubating innovation, thoughts and processes that reflect over new paradigms of planning, architecture and urban design. The Institute is envisioned as an open-source network seeking partnership with other institutions, practices and professionals that build a repository of all knowledge are concerning our cities.

The Institute firmly believes and advocates Equity, Ecology and Identity as the key values that must guide the urban transformation of India over the years to come. Since inception in 2011, the Institute has embarked upon several research projects, also established key relationships with some institutions and is keen to forge partnerships with like-minded organisations, institutions, professionals and individuals. Future Institute is an interactive medium to explore, assimilate, facilitate and communicate a dream for Urban India through example, experiment and exception.

Our Values

Future Institute strongly believes and advocates the fundamental values of EQUITY, ECOLOGY and IDENTITY,
that form the inherent principles guiding its initiatives and action-plans together with research & collaboration as the
as the enabling tools to articulate its vision.

Equity

Holistic in encompassing myriad
human interfaces

Ecology

Humble in approach toward nature
and environment

Identity

Harmonious with the culture and character of the place

Our Initiatives

We are committed to go beyond the conventional research practice towards applied research based innovative and
creative path seeking approach. A platform to innovate, create and disseminate knowledge through collaboration and partnerships.
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Interpretation Centre is proposed in the existing 2500 acres of Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram that is one of the most carefully preserved green lungs of Delhi-NCR. To enhance the experience of the visitors with the nature as well as to create awareness about the ecological conservation in the region, the project will be an exemplar of prac-tising sustainability through innovation in design, materials and services... Read More

Future Institute in collaboration with Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has undertaken the urban pond in Basai (sector 9B, Gurugram) as a pilot project to estab-lish and demonstrate the principles and practices of preserving and managing urban water bodies sustainably... Read More

The future cities of India, through planning or informal growth, will be one of high-density urbanism, and it is imperative that we study and analyze how new types of soft, informal, retrofitted, and hybridized networks can be used to consciously and deliberately grow and support desirable and fascinating urban formations... Read More

Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL) is an ambitious project that seeks to establish as an exemplar alternative learning in higher education and sustainable living environment. Apart from finding solutions to the problems of Ladakh and the mountains, the University will also aim to establish for the world a new model of higher education that is more practically engaging and directly relevant to life... Read More

The Institute has been very intensely involved with Design Engineering Group, a core group of Viridian Development Pvt. Ltd. to initiate, explore, research and formulate the strategic thought process in developing Design Briefs, Concepts and Design products in various on-going and proposed projects.One of such innovative experiments was to design and develop an armature pro-totype in bamboo for mixed-use ...
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People Behind

The Institute significantly draws upon its Founders, Advisory Board and team that come from a diverse network of
academics and practitioners across disciplines and practice domains, and contribute significantly
to Institute’s functions and initiatives to help it articulate its vision.

Swati Sharma

Neha Verma

Research Executive

Ashwin Tahiliani

Research Associate

Devika Narayani Prakash

Research Associate

Prerna Suri

Research Associate

Steven Thomas

Research Associate

Our Collaborations

The Institute seeks to establish a multi-disciplinary podium with like-minded organizations, institutions, professionals and individuals, that actively influence urban thought and practice.
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